NJ Justices Reverse Panel, Enforce Bar On Post-Conviction Bid

By Brandon Lowrey

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed an appellate division court decision that allowed a man convicted of sexually assaulting a child to pursue procedurally barred post-conviction claims, calling the appellate court's opinion "confounding" and based on "multiple levels of speculation."

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Nadine Menendez Can't Reclaim Jewelry During Appeal

By Craig Clough

A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied Nadine Menendez's bid to force the return of jewelry seized from her home during a bribery investigation tied to her husband, former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, ruling that the government had lawfully taken the items and can keep them while her appeal is pending.

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Sanofi Says Pfizer, Moderna COVID Jabs Infringe MRNA Tech

By Lauren Berg

Sanofi's pharmaceutical and therapeutics subsidiaries say the COVID-19 vaccines that have netted Pfizer and Moderna billions of dollars infringe their patents covering mRNA technology, according to a pair of lawsuits filed Tuesday in New Jersey federal court.

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Apple Can Subpoena 14 Fed. Agencies In Antitrust Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A retired New Jersey federal judge Tuesday denied the federal government's bid to quash subpoenas Apple is seeking in the government's smartphone monopolization lawsuit against the tech giant, finding the government's justifications for withholding the discovery unpersuasive.

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Jaguar Will Cover Diesel Filter Repairs To Resolve Defect Suit

By George Woolston

Jaguar Land Rover North America LLC agreed to provide reimbursement for up to $3,500 for any past repairs made to resolve claims that it sold vehicles with a defective diesel filter, according to a motion that included a $1.4 million cut for attorney fees.

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Litigation Funder Can Keep Award Under Pre-Injury Case Deal

By Jake Maher

A litigation funder can keep a $166,000 award from settlement proceeds in a personal injury case, a New Jersey state appeals court ruled Tuesday, finding the business was entitled to the payout after having covered the funding recipient's medical care.

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Ex‑TD Bank Rep Gets 2 Years For Wire Fraud Conspiracy

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge sentenced a former TD Bank NA customer service representative on Tuesday to two years in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud in a scheme that cost the bank and customers about $500,000.

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News Orgs Need To Show AI Uses More Than Just Facts

By Elliot Weld

News organizations suing artificial intelligence companies for allegedly infringing their copyrighted content for AI training must show that chatbots are using the organizations' prose as opposed to merely uncopyrightable facts, or that the practice is diluting the market for human-made journalism, experts told Law360.

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Sports Video Analytics Co. Defends Hudl Monopolization Case

By Alex Lawson

An antitrust feud over sports video analytics services is heating up in New Jersey federal court, where QwikCut LLC is fortifying its argument that Hudl Inc. has monopolized the market for assisting high school and college teams.

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Sills Cummis Can't Shake Ex-Client's Fees Suit

By George Woolston

Sills Cummis & Gross PC has lost its bid to recoup nearly $345,000 from a former client suing the firm over excessive legal fees, according to a court order.

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AGs Seek Emergency Block On Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A dozen Democratic attorneys general are seeking an emergency temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block Paramount Skydance's controversial proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. while litigation continues.

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NJ Supreme Court To Review Environmental Justice Rules

By Tom Lotshaw

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certification petitions filed by industry and labor groups that have challenged environmental justice rules that Garden State regulators enacted.

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3rd Circ. Revives Providers' Underpayment Suit Against Cigna

By Gina Kim

The Third Circuit partially revived several New Jersey-based healthcare practices' Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit alleging Cigna improperly underreimbursed them for covered healthcare services provided to Cigna's subscribers, ruling Monday the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged they were underpaid for some out-of-network services when compared to their normal charges for similar services.

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States Will Get $18M From 23andMe Ch. 11 For Data Breach

By Brian Steele

A week after a bankruptcy court approved a $46.75 million settlement between the DNA testing company 23andMe and data breach claimants, a coalition of more than 40 states announced Tuesday that they would share in an additional $18 million to resolve claims of unreasonable security practices.

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How Pfizer Won Fed. Circ. Patent Dispute By 1 Carbon Atom

The Federal Circuit's recent refusal to revive a patent in Enanta Pharmaceuticals v. Pfizer over an alleged typo creating a one-atom difference in a COVID-19 treatment application hands defendants a template for potentially converting a triable fact question into an early dispositive ruling, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

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Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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